haiti earthquakes
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- Created on: 09-04-19 12:02
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- Haiti Earthquake
- Background Information
- 12th January 2010, 4:53pm
- 7.0 on the Richter scale
- Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere
- Primary Effects
- 316 000 killed
- 1 million homeless
- Airport, port and hospitals closed
- Difficult to get aid into the country
- Loss of power and roads blocked
- Secondary Effects
- 1.6 million people in refugee camps
- Water and food shortages
- Increase in crime, particularly looting
- Outbreaks of cholera
- Immediate Responses
- The USA sent troops to support an aid programme
- Aid slow to arrive due to the damaged port and airport
- Long-Term Responses
- New homes were built to a higher standard
- Rebuilding of the port
- Dependence on overseas aid
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